The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-04-27
Prom Mississippi Edition Of Times-Democrat.I
IACKsnv- Mss Anil Jig. 1881.

Prom Mississippi Edition Of Times-Democrat.l
JACKSON, Miss, April Is, 1887.
Any one who viii take the trouble to
look Al a modern map Of the United
States will see at a glance that few cities
not on the sea possess the same adyan-
tages Of location as those possessed by
this place, and which stamp it unmis-
takably as a city destined at no distant
day TO be one Of the principal centres of
commerce in the new and prosperous
South.
The advantages Of Jackson are not
Fictitious; they are natural, real and
permanent, and are unaided by any adj
ventitiOus circumstances, acquiring 1t
prominence and prosperity which can
not be forced down. Jackson has never
been "boomed" as some towns are; it
has never been pushed forward by any
aggregated or concerted efforts Of its
citizens; such things, so far. are I'M
known to it. Its growth and develop
ment are but the nominal results Of the
natural course of events, and it may be
truthfully said that in spite of itself
nature has made it what it is; that it is
A PROSPEROUS AND GROWING CITY
of over 1000 inhabitants, with a bril-
liant and promising future o. unlimited
possibilities. The advantages of the
place cannot be oyerestimated; and in
considering what it is 70, day it must be
remembered that Jackson is a city which
was practically destroyed by and rebuilt
since the late war. The jackson Of to-
day Is TO all intents and purposes a city
dofTuo from tho Er7rrauaar and II hos
attained its present importance in spite
OF certain obstacles, now removed, which
would have forever Frustrated any less
suffered by the war as Jackson did. 1t
was subjected to the ravages of friend
ly, as well as hostile, army. And during
the tedious years of reconstruction which
followed, the city, more than any in the
State, felt the depressing blight OF IN
settled political affairs. All this is now,
happily, a thing of the past. A new
era has been entered upon; nature has
again asserted itself, and Jackson is
marching to the front steadily and
surely.
jackson, as every one knows, lies on
the western bank OF Pearl river, beau
tiful stream flowing INFO the Gulf of
Mexico, navigable for small boats above
and below the city for eight months in
the year and furnishing at all times
never failing and abundant supply of
the purest water. Being situated about
the
GEOGRAPHICAL CENTRE OF THE STATE,
it was naturally made the capital city.
1t IS also one of the county sites Of
Binds county, one Of the most fertile
and productive counties in the State,
being second only to the best delta
lands in cotton production, and the
most populous county in the State. 1t
is bounded on the east by Pearl river,
on the west by Big Black river; hence
much of the land is equal to any in the
Mississippi bottom. What land is not
specially adapted to cotton raising is
pasture land, scarcely surpassed by the
blue grass lands of Kentucky, and
atfording fine pasturage nine months in
the year. A gentleman largely interested
in stock raising and who recently visited
Europe, principally with the view of
studying stock farms in England and
on the continent, says the finest pasture
lands in the world are to be found in
Kinds county. In the last few years
dairy farming has been extensively en-
gagged in around Jackson with the most
marked success in every instance. The
large shipments of fruits and vegetables
for the Northern markets, together with
the foregoing, shows the varied resOur-
ces of its soil.
Jackson is the